Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and overall ENDS and cigarette use patterns of 15–17-year-olds in 2013 and 2017. Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) and National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS).
| PATH | NYTS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 (2013/14) n = 6596 |
Wave 4 (2016/17) n = 7414 |
2013 n = 7363 |
2017 n = 7582 |
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| n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 3237 | 48.8 (48.7, 48.9) | 3586 | 49.0 (48.9, 49.1) | 3795 | 49.4 (47.0, 51.7) | 3785 | 49.2 (47.0, 51.3) |
| Male | 3350 | 51.2 (51.1, 51.3) | 3804 | 51.0 (50.9, 51.1) | 3567 | 50.7 (48.3, 53.0) | 3754 | 50.8 (48.7, 53.0) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 1828 | 21.9 (21.7, 22.0) | 2238 | 23.2 (23.0, 23.3) | 1734 | 21.3 (17.0, 26.4) | 1954 | 23.2 (18.6, 28.6) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 3229 | 55.5 (55.3, 55.7) | 3326 | 53.5 (53.3, 53.8) | 3216 | 53.6 (47.4, 59.7) | 3238 | 53.4 (47.0, 59.7) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 891 | 13.6 (13.4, 13.8) | 1004 | 13.6 (13.4, 13.8) | 1254 | 13.9 (10.8, 17.8) | 1300 | 12.4 (9.9, 15.6) |
| Non-Hispanic Other | 578 | 9.1 (8.9, 9.2) | 668 | 9.7 (9.6, 9.9) | 955 | 11.2 (8.9, 13.9) | 847 | 11.0 (8.8, 13.7) |
| Parental Education Level | ||||||||
| High school diploma, GED, or less | 2633 | 36.4 (34.4, 38.4) | 2831 | 34.7 (33.0, 36.4) | NA | NA | ||
| Some college | 2126 | 32.9 (31.2, 34.5) | 2314 | 31.1 (29.6, 32.5) | NA | NA | ||
| College or more | 1780 | 30.7 (28.4, 33.1) | 2188 | 34.3 (32.3, 36.3) | NA | NA | ||
| Annual Household Income | ||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | NA | 3465 | 43.6 (41.9, 45.2) | NA | NA | |||
| $50,000 or more | NA | 3722 | 56.4 (54.8, 58.1) | NA | NA | |||
| Homeownership | ||||||||
| Home not owned | NA | 2938 | 36.7 (35.2, 38.2) | NA | NA | |||
| Home owned | NA | 4397 | 63.3 (61.8, 64.8) | NA | NA | |||
| Tobacco Use Pattern | ||||||||
| Never/non-current | 5927 | 89.8 (89.0, 90.6) | 6682 | 89.7 (88.7, 90.5) | 6428 | 87.1 (85.6, 88.5) | 6566 | 85.5 (83.0, 87.7) |
| Exclusive menthol cigarette use | 212 | 3.1 (2.7, 3.6) | 121 | 1.6 (1.3, 1.9) | 292 | 3.7 (3.0, 4.5) | 117 | 1.5 (1.0, 2.2) |
| Exclusive non-menthol cigarette use | 139 | 2.1 (1.8, 2.5) | 135 | 1.8 (1.5, 2.1) | 344 | 4.9 (4.3, 5.7) | 149 | 1.9 (1.5, 2.4) |
| Exclusive ENDS use | 163 | 2.7 (2.2, 3.2) | 336 | 5.0 (4.4, 5.7) | 100 | 1.5 (1.2, 1.9) | 486 | 7.3 (5.8, 9.0) |
| Dual use of ENDS + menthol cigarettes | 105 | 1.5 (1.2, 1.8) | 76 | 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) | 115 | 1.5 (1.1, 2.1) | 108 | 1.6 (1.2, 2.1) |
| Dual use of ENDS + non-menthol cigarettes | 50 | 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) | 64 | 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) | 84 | 1.3 (0.1, 1.8) | 156 | 2.3 (1.7, 3.1) |
Abbreviations: (95% CI) = 95% confidence interval; Missing (i.e., cigarette and/or ENDS use not ascertained): PATH 2013/14 (n = 55), PATH 2016/17 (n = 42), NYTS 2013 (n = 392), NYTS 2017 (n = 155); Questions about annual household income and homeownership were not asked in PATH Wave 1 (2013/14). Socioeconomic status questions (parental education level, annual household income, and homeownership) were not asked in NYTS.